08-15-2003, 04:18 PM
Hi,
get more Guinness
Everyone has to have something to believe in. I believe I'll have another beer.
Oh, and as to the rest -- yeah. But I've been saying similar things since 9/11 (and even before). People are stupid. They'll get on the highways with drunks and crappy drivers with a car with under-inflated tires and shot shocks, but they're afraid to fly. They get all warm and fuzzy because they have to stand in line for two hours for a security check that does no damned good at all.
If Heinlein were indeed right and stupidity were a capital crime that was self enforcing, the human race would be extinct. Instead, we breed politicians who, having no clue what would actually do some good, declare a "war" on terror.
Bah.
--Pete
get more Guinness
Everyone has to have something to believe in. I believe I'll have another beer.
Oh, and as to the rest -- yeah. But I've been saying similar things since 9/11 (and even before). People are stupid. They'll get on the highways with drunks and crappy drivers with a car with under-inflated tires and shot shocks, but they're afraid to fly. They get all warm and fuzzy because they have to stand in line for two hours for a security check that does no damned good at all.
If Heinlein were indeed right and stupidity were a capital crime that was self enforcing, the human race would be extinct. Instead, we breed politicians who, having no clue what would actually do some good, declare a "war" on terror.
Bah.
--Pete
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